November 19, 1858
November 19 Friday – New Falls City left for New Orleans.
November 17, 1858
November 17 Wednesday– New Falls City arrived in St. Louis.
November 10, 1858
November 10 Wednesday – New Falls City left for St. Louis.
November 8, 1858
November 8 Monday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.
October 30, 1858
October 30 Saturday – Sam left St. Louis on the New Falls City (880 tons; built in January of that year, the largest ship Sam served on. Sam took passage on the boat in January as well) Pilot Horace Bixby, Captain James B. Woods.
October 24, 1858
October 24 Sunday – Sam’s article, “Memphis—The Cotton Trade—Illinois Politics—What Tennessee Thinks of Them,” was printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal [Branch, “Dickey” 201].
October 23, 1858
October 23 Saturday – The White Cloud left Memphis.
October 22, 1858
October 22 Friday – Sam’s article was printed in the St. Louis Missouri Republican using the signature “C” [Branch, “Dickey” 199-200]. Note: MTPO Notes on Aug. 1, 1876 to Cist calls this “chatty river correspondence.”
October 20, 1858
October 20 Wednesday – The Dickey was laid up for repairs, so Sam and probably Sam Bowen and Captain Able, made the St. Louis to Memphis run on the White Cloud (345 tons).
October 16, 1858
October 16 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.